Sample Courses:
  • HST-154. Russia in the Imperial Age. Major institutional and ideological developments from the time of the first Romanov to the February Revolution of 1917.
  • HST-155. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union. Russia on the eve of the Revolution. Political, economic, and social developments during the periods of revolution, war, communism, NEP, rapid industrialization and the postwar years, including the post-Soviet period.
  • MLT-265. Soviet and Russian Film Revolutions: Political, Social, Cultural. An exploration of Soviet film as intertwined with political revolution; following Soviet and Russian cinema from the 1917 Revolution to the present as it was used to chronicle social and cultural upheavals.
  • RUS-201 & RUS-202. RUS-200. Intermediate Russian I & II. Intensive development of speaking, listening, reading and writing with continued emphasis on strategies of basic conversation.
  • RUS-230. Contemporary Russian Culture. Combines expanding oral, aural and written skills with an introduction to contemporary issues in Russian culture and political life.
  • RUS-302. The Russian Short Story: Pathologies of the Everyday. A survey of Russian short prose (Gogol, Tolstoy, Gorky, Kharms, Petrushevskaia, others) with emphasis on its reflected/distorted images of Russian everyday life.
After Union:
After Union
  • Social Studies Teacher
  • Associate, Greenwald Law Offices
  • Graduate Student, Sports Industry Management, Georgetown University
  • General Management Assistant, Frankel Green Theatrical Management

Russia and Eastern European Studies

This program provides a broad education focusing on the languages, cultures, literature and politics of this vast region. It draws from a number of disciplines, including History, Modern Languages, Political Science and Economics.

The Office of International Programs offers a summer mini-term in Russia with an emphasis on key sites in Moscow associated with the reign of Ivan the Terrible and his successors, and in St. Petersburg, where they analyze the clash and synthesis of European and Russian cultures. Journaling and a presentation on campus are key parts of the learning experience.

The Russia and Eastern European major leads to a degree of Bachelor of Arts and is designed primarily for those seeking careers in government service, journalism, law, or business. Majors also teach and consult marketing, advertising, aerospace and computer engineering.